By Melissa Yesterday was my dad’s birthday.  We spent it in Naples.  He lived here for several years back in … More

By Melissa I am not Ukrainian.  My mother was 100% Norwegian and my father, we don’t really know, but the … More

I read this (below) in the New York Times daily (now three times weekly) COVID newsletter. It seemed a fitting … More

I’ve been asked a few times since we’ve hit the road two weeks ago: “what’s it like to be traveling … More

Lyon France has the second most murals of any European city only to Berlin. They pop up out of seemingly … More

As we pack and prep to leave for an extended trip, we do so with mixed emotions. Two weeks ago, … More

Living 5 hours ahead of the east coast of the US, 7 hours from our other home and 8 hours … More

When I think back a few years, pre COVID and during our full-time-work lives, many winter Sundays were spent thinking … More

I guess COVID will find us all, eventually. We’ve been two of the most careful people you could be: truly … More

International travel can be stressful in the best of times, even before COVID was a daily household word. For those … More